Nigeria’s senior national women basketball team on Friday in Belgrade defeated their French counterparts 67-65 at the ongoing 2022 International Federation Basketball Association (FIBA) Women World Cup Qualifiers. With a world ranking of 15, 10 places below France, and having lost 76-90 to world number seven China on Thursday,...
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Arsenal beat Wolves at Molineux 1-0 on Thursday in the English Premier League (EPL), thanks to a first-half Gabriel Magalhaes goal. In spite of playing much of the second half down a man, Arsenal took the lead in the 25th minute when Gabriel poked home from close range. This...
Liverpool closed the gap on English Premier League (EPL) leaders Manchester City to nine points as Diogo Jota’s double earned them a 2-0 victory over Leicester City on Thursday.
Brazilian police have arrested a man they believe hacked into Neymar’s bank accounts and repeatedly stole small sums of money totaling more than 40,000 dollars, officials in Sao Paulo said. Police said the alleged hacker worked at an unnamed bank where the Paris St-Germain (PSG) and Brazil player and...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says world football governing body FIFA has approved the application of Leicester City FC player Ademola Lookman to switch national association allegiance. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement on Thursday that Lookman could with this approval represent Nigeria at international...
West Ham defender Kurt Zouma has lost his deal with sportswear giant Adidas over a disturbing video showing him dropping, kicking and slapping his cat. He was also fined the “maximum amount possible” for mistreating his cat as the RSPCA charity said it had taken two animals belonging to...
Arsenal Coach, Mikel Arteta said on Wednesday he was the “solution, not the problem” following former captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s departure from the club after a series of disciplinary problems. Aubameyang left the Emirates Stadium for Barcelona last week after agreeing a contract termination with the English side, allowing him...
Chelsea made hard work of reaching the FIFA Club World Cup final with a 1-0 win against Al Hilal in the semi-finals on Wednesday. Thomas Tuchel’s side —- playing without their coach following his positive coronavirus test —- were in control from the outset. They should as a result...
Cristiano Ronaldo arrived Manchester United Carrington training ground in his newly acquired £150k Cadillac gifted to him by his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez. The Portuguese superstar who returned to Manchester United last summer celebrated his 37th birthday on Saturday February 6. According to a report via the Mirror, Ronaldo rolled...
The Confederation of African Football has released a list of its Best XI for the just concluded 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament won by Senegal. CAF announced the 2021 AFCON Best XI in a tweet via their Twitter handle following the conclusion of the tournament in Egypt...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the reconstitution of the technical crew of the senior men’s national team, the Super Eagles, with Augustine Eguavoen staying as Interim Technical Adviser. Eguavoen is to be assisted by former World Cup star and former under-20 team Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, as...
Senegal forward, Sadio Mane has broken his silence after winning the Africa Cup of Nations trophy on Sunday. Mane said winning the trophy is the best moment of his life. The 29-year-old played a key role as the Teranga Lions won their first-ever continental title after they beat Egypt...
Victor Osimhen scored on his first Napoli start since November to help his team to a 2-0 win at Venezia on Sunday which moves them one point behind Serie A leaders Inter Milan. Nigeria striker Osimhen had made two brief substitute appearances since fracturing bones in his face in...
Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and...
Hosted in Cameroon, this year’s African Cup Of Nations competition brought us lots of thrilling moments and lots of surprises. The month-long tournament is almost over, but it featured star players like Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Naby Keita, and Edouard Mendy. While some EPL managers like Jurgen Klopp were...
Following are the results of Match Day 11 fixtures in the 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) played on Sunday: Sunshine Stars 0-1 Enyimba International Remo Stars 1-0 Shooting Stars (3SC) Plateau United 1-0 Rivers United Wikki Tourists 0-0 Rangers International Kwara United 1-0 Lobi Stars Niger Tornadoes 2-1...
Al Hilal thumped hosts Al Jazira 6-1 on Sunday in Abu Dhabi to book their place in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup semi-finals against Chelsea. Al Jazira, who are 2020/2021 UAE Pro League champions, opened the scoring through Abdoulay Diaby after 14 minutes. But goals from former English...
FC Barcelona produced arguably the most impressive performance of Xavi’s tenure as the Blaugrana made something of a statement in their 4-2 defeat of Atletico Madrid. Diego Simeone brought up Xavi’s past criticism of Atletico Madrid’s style of play in the build-up. But the latter had the last laugh...
A handful of football fans in Bauchi on Sunday went berserk and attacked the referee of the match between Wikki Tourists Football Club and visiting Rangers International of Enugu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred after the match, a 2021/2022 Nigeria Professional Football League...
Sadio Mane made up for an earlier penalty kick miss with the decisive kick on Sunday in Yaounde as Senegal claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title. They claimed the title with a 4-2 penalty kick shootout win over Egypt at the Olembe Stadium in the final match of...